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Richard Vinroot, 63, a candidate for governor of North Carolina who was poised for a Republican primary runoff election against Patrick J. Ballantine, 39, has dropped out of the race, leaving Mr. Ballantine to face Gov. Michael F. Easley, a Democrat,...

To hear the political buzz down in North Carolina, C. Boyden Gray, big-time Washington lawyer, sometime television talking head and one-time White House counsel to the first President Bush, is thinking about -- or has been urged to think about --...

October 28, 2001, Sunday

A wealthy Lexington trial lawyer, Jim Snyder, has joined a growing list of Republicans seeking the United States Senate seat being vacated by Jesse Helms, a Republican. Mr. Snyder, 56, joined five other candidates in the Republican primary including...

Next year's election in North Carolina to replace Senator Jesse Helms, a Republican who is retiring, is just starting. But this much is certain, a new poll conducted by Elon University found: None of the hopefuls match Elizabeth Dole's...

Voters in 11 states cast ballots for governor yesterday, and early results showed Democrats prevailing even in some states where Gov. George W. Bush of Texas was defeating Vice President Al Gore in the presidential race. Democrats won seven of the...

NORTH CAROLINA Gov. George W. Bush won North Carolina, but so did the Democratic candidate for governor, Attorney General Mike Easley. Mr. Easley defeated Richard Vinroot, the former mayor of Charlotte, to fill the seat of Gov. James B. Hunt...

The governor's race in North Carolina is one of the most contentious in the country, with gobs of out-of-state money starting to pour in as the national Republican Party tries to help former Mayor Richard Vinroot of Charlotte overcome a 10-point lead...

Richard Vinroot, the Republican nominee in this year's governor's race in North Carolina, seldom misses an opportunity to link his candidacy to that of Gov. George W. Bush of Texas. Mr. Bush is running ahead of Vice President Al Gore in most Tarheel...

The former mayor of Charlotte, Richard Vinroot, won the Republican nomination for governor today, setting up a fall race with state Attorney General Mike Easley, a Democrat, to succeed Gov. James B. Hunt Jr. Mr. Easley beat Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker...

It was only 7:30 a.m. when a group of Republican loyalists began gathering today at Bailey's Coffee and News, but it was not too early for State Representative Leo Daughtry to start calling his opponent for governor, Richard Vinroot, a liberal. ...